New and Recommended: History
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A revelatory history traversing the ancient roots of Islam in Europe‘Vital, important’ WILLIAM DALRYMPLE‘Perspective-shattering’ CAROLINE SANDERSON‘Uncovers a world of which few are fully aware’ COLIN…
David’s Book of the Year 2025
‘Possibly the worst monarch in European history.’
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From the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of Black Spartacus, a revelatory history of enslaved people's resistance to Atlantic slavery.The ending of the slave trade and abolition of slavery by European powers during the 19th…
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Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter Palace. In reality they take decades…
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The real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. Based on original archival research by History Hit podcast presenter Dr…
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Discover the remarkable birth of modern medicine… and how not to die in the Renaissance‘An entertaining history of medicine… Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dry…
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2025A thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s - a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.'Brilliant ... An astonishing window…
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'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy’s authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book' Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics…
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'Making Francisco Franco's long life and 38 years of dictatorship enjoyable reading is a daunting challenge ... Giles Tremlett nonetheless succeeds magnificently' PAUL PRESTON'An excellent biography – compelling,…
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From the bestselling author of FEMINA, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political, nation-building ends.In LEGENDA, bestselling historian Professor Janina Ramirez…
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This sweeping new history of Mexico spans 500 dramatic years of conquest, innovation and revolution'A one-of-a-kind book, populated by large and small characters, spanning five hundred years of conflict and resilience, all in a masterful…
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A remarkable micro-history from the author of The Sleepwalkers and Revolutionary SpringNow part of the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, the former Prussian and German port of Königsberg has always been a somewhat…
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